Delivering Reliable Power to Wexham Park Hospital : 2G Polska Sp. z o.o.

Delivering Reliable Power to Wexham Park Hospital

Frimley Health NHS Foundation selected Ameresco in partnership with 2G to ensure reliable power at Wexham Park Hospital

Wexham Park Hospital is a 588 bed acute care hospital serving Slough and the surrounding area of Berkshire. The project was funded by a Salix loan, Ameresco delivered a £7.5M energy infrastructure and maintenance contract with construction completed within 12 months. The precondition to planning approval was the installation of a CHP.

Facts & figures

Application:

Health and care

Country:

Wielka Brytania

CHP:

avus 1200e

Output el/th (kW):

1,523 kW electrical / 1,456 kW thermal

Operator:

Ameresco

The main benefits to a CHP solution the Trust envisaged were:-

•   Increased operational efficiency and reduced energy costs.
•   Environmental benefits with reduced CO2 emissions.
•   Improved security of energy supply.

A CHP solution therefore represented a significant contribution to their targets and is part of an overall programme of saving initiatives.

2G were selected as the single CHP Service Provider to undertake the complete design, engineering, manufacture, supply, off-load, positioning, installation & testing of the CHP system with O&M managed by Ameresco to guarantee savings.

2G supplied a 12m 1.5MWe Supersilent (75dBA in 1m) containerised CHP. This This solution had to be specially designed to fit within a 12m container and several customer specific requirements were included. The CHP generates at 400V and all of the CHP heat (exhaust & jacket) is utilised via a LTHW supply.

The installation was commissioned on schedule in Dec 2018 and is now set to deliver significant energy savings for the client.